← Research LibraryThe BriefFY2026 10-K · headline figures audited against SEC data
News Corp after Foxtel: a leaner news, data, books and property-listings group whose free cash flow rose 42.0% and whose buybacks rose 327.3%.
The read at a glance✓ Audited against SEC data
- Growth — Revenue +6.8% to $9.03B; every segment grewOK
- Profitability — Net income -51.4% to $0.57B; FY2025 carried the Foxtel saleNote
- Balance sheet — $2.1B cash against $1,989M of borrowingsOK
- Accounting quality — Grey-zone distress score, no manipulation flagNote
- Capital allocation — $641M buybacks and $204M dividends against $811M free cash flowOK
- Subscriptions — Dow Jones news subscriptions 6,725 thousand, up 7%OK
Business
News Corp owns The Wall Street Journal, Barron's and the Dow Jones professional data products, 62.0% of Australia's REA Group and 80% of Realtor.com operator Move, HarperCollins, and newspapers in Australia, the U.K. and New York. FY2026 revenue was $9.03B, split across four operating segments of roughly similar size.
Where the revenue comes from
Fiscal 2026, as NEWS CORP reports it. History and quarterly detail are in the app.
- Dow Jones$2.5B
- Book Publishing$2.3B
- News and Information Services$2.2B
- Digital Real Estate Services$2.0B
Leadership changes
From NEWS CORP's own filings, the day they're filed.
- Rupert Murdoch · Chairman · departureeff. 2023-09-21
- Lachlan Murdoch · Directors · departure
Latest filings
- 8-K · Company announcement2026-10-16
- 8-K · Company announcement2026-10-15
- 8-K · Company announcement2026-10-14
- 8-K · Company announcement2026-10-13
- 8-K · Company announcement2026-10-09
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